Dahomey

2024
PG
1h 8m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.5K

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The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 13 wins & 51 nominations total

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Interview 21:37

Dahomey: Q&A From NYFF 2024

Interview 21:37

Dahomey: Q&A From NYFF 2024

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Trivia
Official submission of Senegal for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.

Quotes
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Voice of Artifact #26: As far back as I can go, there has never been a night so deep and opaque. Here, it is the only possible reality. The beginning and the end. I journeyed so long in my mind but it was so dark in this foreign place that I lost myself in my dreams, becoming one with these walls. Cut off from the land of my birth as if I were dead. There are thousands of us in this night. We all bear the same scars. Uprooted. Ripped out. The spoils of massive plundering. Today, it's me they have chosen like their finest and most legitimate victim! They have named me 26. Not 24. Not 25. Not 30. Just 26.

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Featured review

8/10

Poetic Heritage

Highlighting the narrative of historical artifacts returning to the original country, Mati Diop's documentary about artifacts, history, and culture is a slow, meditative, and poetic documentary that does offer an interesting observation of it's main subject.

Diop's approach is interesting as it felt like a real-life poetry being at displayed. Filled with gorgeous sound designs, music, and interesting imagery choices to present, it's definitely a documentary that sheds a good light on it's way. Interconnected with poetic dialogue, it's slow and meditative approach creates an interesting experience.

It isn't a standard documentary as it's more of an experimental art piece of a movie at times. But it's definitely an interesting experience.